I’m not the best at geography.
I know that there’s a town in the UK called Cheddar and they invented the delicious cheese.
I know that Downton Abbey was set in Yorkshire which is north-ish but filmed… somewhere in the middle? Nearish to Stonehenge?
What I’m saying is that I would never attempt to do what Twitter user @human_not_bees did when he went viral for listing the reason he assumed each U.S. state was famous, without turning to Google.
Some on the list, he got fairly accurate.
Others just made me laugh.
Here are some of the funniest ones, starting with the butt of many a joke, Alabama.
To the best of my knowledge Alabama is famous for having their fingers crossed when they surrendered.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Many Twitter users objected to this rather tame characterization of the state, advocating for a saltier description, but there you go.
Arkansas was funny, after all, even their license plate is vaguely boring (The Natural State).
Although I admit to being a little surprised he didn’t have a joke about Bill Clinton.
To the best of my knowledge Arkansas is famous for literally nothing.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Next, California. If he ever bought products in the States, I feel like this one could have been a joke about prop 65 warnings.
To the best of my knowledge California is famous for being where you can get wine and get exploited.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Colorado has glorious mountains and the Air Force Academy, but, you know, this is the only thing anyone outside the country knows about it.
That’s probably about the time most of the U.S. discovered it too.
To the best of my knowledge Colorado didn’t exist until they invented weed a few years ago.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Poor Connecticut. I guess that’s what it gets for “connecting” Massachusetts and New York.
I guess @human_not_bees isn’t a Mark Twain fan.
To the best of my knowledge Connecticut is famous for where Bostonians stop for gas on the way to New York.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
The weird thing is that when I think of Delaware, I think of Joe Biden.
To the best of my knowledge Delaware isn’t famous, just first.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Florida kind of earned this one, to be honest:
To the best of my knowledge Florida is famous for literally every news article that makes Europe go “oh god that country”
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And Maryland was a valiant effort.
I think he would have really brought it home by mentioning the flag.
To the best of my knowledge Maryland is famous for being a theme park brimming with people called Mary.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Poor Michigan. It’s funny because it’s true.
To the best of my knowledge Michigan is famous for having a city that made enough cars that everyone could leave.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
I’m not sure if it was part of the joke or not, but Minnesota was a complete fail.
That movie was Fargo, set in North Dakota, the state he’s never heard of.
I think it’s part of the joke, and I think it’s genius.
To the best of my knowledge Minnesota is famous for saying ‘oh yah?’ like in that movie with the pregnant lady and Steve Buscemi.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Montana was pretty funny. I think only Harrison Ford lives there.
To the best of my knowledge Montana is famous for being a mountain people live on.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And New Hampshire made me laugh, but he’s not wrong.
To the best of my knowledge New Hampshire is famous for being nothing like actual Hampshire.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
It was funny the first time, anyway:
To the best of my knowledge New Mexico is famous for being nothing like actual Mexico.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
Ohio made me laugh because I simply had no idea. I had to Google it.
And he was right!
And I want to know why he knows this!
To the best of my knowledge Ohio is famous for having at least one talented astrophysicist.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
It made me a little bit sad to think of generations of British school children not playing Oregon Trail in computer class.
To the best of my knowledge Oregon is famous for being named after a herb. Other than that, this whole place is news to me.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And then he pointed out the obvious problem with Rhode Island.
To the best of my knowledge Rhode Island is famous for, err, being an island I guess?
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
This one made me giggle, I’m sorry friends from Utah.
To the best of my knowledge Utah is famous for being where all your morons and preppers and general nutjobs gather together to be alone.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
By Virginia, I think he was just tired of us all.
To the best of my knowledge Virginia is famous for tricking me, as I thought it was one of those states where there’s a north and south because of that song. I was expecting to have to deal with East and West Virginia seperately.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
And finally, West Virginia. Which is basically famous for coal.
To the best of my knowledge West Virginia is famous for ok what the fuck, why is there a Virginia and a West Virginia. Get your shit together.
— Beës, Internet Elder (@human_not_bees) April 11, 2021
@human_not_Bees told Bored Panda that his knowledge came from American entertainment.
“We see enough of it that we learn these things from TV shows and movies. Also, you guys have some pretty cheesy TV that seems very willing to lean into the stereotypes of people and places, so really, you guys did this to yourselves.”
I really want to know more about what our friends in the UK are watching!
Especially since most of my favorite shows seem to be British.
Which of his tweets was your favorite? Did he get your state about right? Tell us in the comments.
